NASA issues new satellite photo of Freeway Complex fire

NASA has released a new satellite image that shows the aftermath of the Freeway Fire, which burned more than 30,000 acres in Yorba Linda, Brea and the Chino Hills in mid-November. Click on the image to make it larger and see it in sharp detail.

The space agency says, "This natural-color image of the burned area was captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite on November 18 ... The image is a detailed view of the edge of the burned area in northwestern Yorba Linda. The fire crossed Telegraph Canyon and made forays southwestward into neighborhoods. One arm of the fire encircled Carbon Canyon Regional Park.

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